It's an amazing phenomenon planet-wide: wherever women are given some control over pregnancy, they have fewer children. Fewer children means fewer souls to harvest by the religious authorities.
The TSA is partly responsible for huge numbers of people refusing to visit the U.S. for business or recreation. Think of all the U.S. cities, counties, and states spending money to get people to visit, yet many people think, "Get on a plane and allow my daughter or wife to be molested? No thanks."
Touching another person's genitals without permission is sexual assault, and many people will not put themselves in that predicament.
The U.S. government takes extreme interest in all alternative currency schemes. Google "e-gold" for more information. There are two areas of human experience all governments consider their own domain: the use of force and the creation of currency.